Local Rugby: who knew?

Sign spotted outside a local eatery*. I assume this is the team's website, although if so it hasn't been updated yet to show the state championship. Perhaps they're is too busy celebrating.

My students (and my kids) and I became instant rugby fans when we saw a London Wasps match last October. [I could kick myself—no pun intended—for not taking any pictures there.] An exciting try scored right in front of you, just after you sit down after an exhausting bus ride, is the way to win new fans! So we wish the local team luck, and hope nationals are being played somewhere cooler than San Antonio.

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*The Olmos Pharmacy part of the sign has an interesting story. A long-time local landmark (serving the best chocolate milkshakes in the world, bar none) it has morphed into a wine bar in the evenings, and is now known as the Olmos Bharmacy.

Sports blog!

We've done up English sports our last two nights. Championship (which is actually one level down from the top flight) football last night and Guinness Premiership Rugby Union tonight. Both games were fun. We saw QPR come back to score a late equalizer against Blackpool last night, with the game ending 1-1. Unfortunately we didn't bring our usual sports tourism good luck to the London Wasps tonight, as they lost to Bath, 27-23. But what an exciting game! We saw a beautiful Wasps try right in front of our end zone seats. And the crowd went wild!

I haven't taken any pictures the last few days, so I thought I'd show a couple more selections from my English signs collection to jazz up this post. These two are from Edinburgh, although they have no other relationship to each other:






And, finally, here's one from Harrod's that so nicely epitomizes English politeness. I will paraphrase it to close the post and let you know I probably won't be blogging for a few days. I'm taking one of my favorite blog's titles literally and just taking a plane ride back home, or, at least, almost home, as I attend my nephew's wedding in Denver. I apologize for any inconvenience caused whilst this travel takes place.